Syzygium malaccense

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35. Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M.Perry

Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 19: 215 (1938); P.H.Hô, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam (Câyco Viêtnam) 2: 44, fig. 3717 (1992); P.Dy Phon, Plant Use in Cambodia: 579 (2000); K.D.Nguyen, ( Myrtaceae ) Checklist of Plant Species of Vietnam 2: 906 (2003). — Eugenia malaccensis L., Species plantarum 1: 470 (1753); Roxb., [Hortus Bengalensis (1814) 37] Flora indica 2 [ed. 2, ed. W. Carey]: 483 (1832); Merr., An interpretation of Rumphius’ Herbarium Amboinense, Bureau of Science Publications 9: 398 (1917); Gagnep. in Lecomte, Flore générale de l’Indochine 2: 839 (1920). — Caryophyllus malaccensis (L.) Stokes, A Botanical Materia Medica 3: 72 (1812). — Myrtus malaccensis (L.) Spreng., Systema Vegetabilium 2: 484 (1825). — Jambosa malaccensis (L.) DC., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 286 (1828). — Type: Icon in van Rheede, Hortus Malabaricus 1: 29, t. 18 (1678) (lecto-, here designated) (see Note).

Eugenia macrophylla Lam., Encyclopédie Méthodique (Botanique) 3: 196 (1789). — Myrtus macrophylla (Lam.) Spreng., Systema Vegetabilium 2: 483 (1825), nom. illeg., non J.St.-Hil. (1800). — Jambosa macrophylla (Lam.) DC., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 286 (1828). — Type: Sonnerat s.n. in Herb. Lamarck (lecto-, P-LA![P00297788], here designated; isolecto-, P-LA![P00297789]). Jambosa domestica DC. , Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vege-

tabilis 3: 288 (1828). — Type: Icon in Rumphius , Herbarium

Amboinense I: 121, t. 37 (1741) (lecto-, here designated). —

Representative specimen: Robinson Pl. Rumph. Amb. 194 (n.v.).

(fide Merrill [1917: 398]). Eugenia purpurea Roxb. [Hort. Beng. (1814) 37, nom. nud.] Flora

indica 2 [ed. 2, ed.W. Carey]: 483 (1832). — Jambosa purpurascens

DC., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3 (1828)

286. — Jambosa purpurea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. , Prodromus Florae

Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: 333 (1834). — Jambosa domestica

var. purpurea (Roxb.) Blume, Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Bata-

vum 1: 92 (1849). — Eugenia malaccensis var. purpurea Duthie ,

in Hooker , Flora of British India 2 (1878) 472. — Type: Icones

Roxburghianae no. 1438 (lecto- K! here designated; CAL n.v.). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Cambodia. sin. loc., XI.1875, Pierre 3201 (Harmand 48) (P). Laos. Xaignabouli: 30.X.1965, Vidal 4178 (P). Vietnam. Cochinchina: Thorel 371 (P). — Dong Nai: Mt. Dinh, 20.III.1918, Chevalier 36807 (P). — Hanoi City: Pételot 3387 (P). DISTRIBUTION. — Mainland Southeast Asia to Southwestern Pacific. In Indochina it occurs in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. ECOLOGY OR HABITAT. — Cultivated. Possibly originate from Malesia. CONSERVATION STATUS. — IUCN Global Status: Least Concern (LC); IUCN Regional (Indochina) Status: Least Concern (LC). VERNACULAR NAMES. — Cambodia: Chumpu, Kraham. Laos: Kieng (Xaignabouli). Vietnam: Dieu do. USES. — Cultivated as a fruit tree. In Cambodia, the fruit, seed and leaves are used to treat fever while the root is diuretic ( Dy Phon 2000). (For further detail see Verheij & Coronel 1992).

DESCRIPTION

Tree to 8 m tall. Glabrous.